Masters

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 MARQUISE A. WALKER, No. 2:24-cv-00949-SCR P Plaintiff, v. ORDER MASTERS, et al., Defendants. 16 Plaintiff is a state inmate proceeding pro se with a civil rights action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. He has requested leave to proceed without paying the full filing fee for this action, under 28 U.S.C. § 1915. (ECF No. 10.) Plaintiff has submitted a declaration showing that he cannot afford to pay the entire filing fee. See 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a)(2). Accordingly, plaintiff’s motion to proceed in forma pauperis is granted.1 Also before the court is plaintiff’s complaint for screening. (ECF No. 2.) For the reasons set forth below, plaintiff’s complaint fails to state a claim for relief. The court will grant plaintiff thirty (30) days to file an amended complaint consistent with the instructions laid out below.

This means that plaintiff is allowed to pay the $350.00 filing fee in monthly installments that are taken from…